Albert Branson Maris (December 19, 1893 – February 7, 1989) was a

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of the

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and previously was a United States district judge of the

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Education and career

Born in

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, Maris received a

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from the

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in 1918 and was a private in the

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in that year. He was an assistant secretary of the

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in Philadelphia from 1918 to 1919, and was a legal staff member of the Bureau of Municipal Research in Philadelphia in 1919. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1919 to 1936, working as an editor of ''

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'' from 1935 to 1936. He also graduated from the

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in 1926.

Federal judicial service

Maris was nominated by President

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on June 18, 1936, to the

, to a new seat authorized by 49 Stat. 1523. He was confirmed by the

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on June 20, 1936, and received his commission on June 22, 1936. His service terminated on June 27, 1938, following his confirmation to the Third Circuit. Maris was nominated by President Roosevelt on June 14, 1938, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge Victor Baynard Woolley. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 16, 1938, and received his commission on June 24, 1938. He served as a Judge of the

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from 1942 to 1962, serving as Chief Judge from 1943 to 1962. He assumed

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on December 31, 1958. His service terminated on February 7, 1989, due to his death. Maris was the trial judge in the '' ''Gobitis'' case.

Other service

Maris served as an adjunct professor of law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law from 1941 to 1955.

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Education and career

Federal judicial service

Other service

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